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Object Number
88-51-70/50745
Display Title
Fan
Descriptions
Object Description
Fan - from Wilkes expedition
Inventory Description
Fan, diamond shaped woven fiber blade, carved wood handle and frame, yarn
Classification
- Fan
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
<Country>
/
<State>
/
Bowditch Island
Additional Geographic Terms
Polynesia
Materials
Wood, Vegetable fiber, Wool yarn
Dimensions
Overall: 34.7 x 20.2 x 1.5 cm (13 11/16 x 7 15/16 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
Wilkes Expedition/ u/ 14841/ Polynesia/ ExEx./ 50745
Provenance
Collector
Capt. Charles Wilkes
(1838-1840)
Exchange participant
Smithsonian Institution
(1888)
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